We'd never been to China before. So my parents booked us a
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in Beijing. Then I decided to buy my father a book called China: Know Before You Go.
"Looks very interesting, but we don't
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that," he said. How
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he was!
Our first evening in Beijing began at about nine o'clock. We walked past an
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restaurant. The staff were cleaning tables and were about to go home.
"This looks good," said my father. "I think it's about to close," I said. "People eat
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than in the UK. It says so in my book." "Oh, terrible!" said my father. "The night is young!" The staff looked a bit unhappy but
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us to a table. A young woman handed us a
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, all in Chinese. My father pointed to a few things. "That's what we want," he said. My father picked up the chopsticks and started tapping(轻敲) the bowl like playing the drums. "Don't do that, Dad," I said. "It's not
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in China."
After a while one very large plate of food arrived in the middle of the table. My father took it and started eating. "Where's the
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of the food?" he said to the waitress. "Dad," I said, "everyone
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food here. That dish you're eating is for
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." But he ate everything on the plate. "Dad," I said, "in China people think it's rude if you eat everything. They think you are still
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."
Finally,
my father asked for the bill.
He D
13 and handed the waiter 20 yuan before leaving.
The waiter looked
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. "What are you doing?" I said. "People don't give tips in China." I never felt so embarrassed in all my life. The food and the
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were fantastic and I'll surely go back to China. Next time I'll leave my father at home.
(
B
) 1. A. book B. holiday C. ticket D. room
(
A
) 2. A. need B. make C. mind D. read
(
C
) 3. A. clever B. kind C. wrong D. serious
(
C
) 4. A. amazing B. interesting C. empty D. expensive
(
D
) 5. A. faster B. quicker C. later D. earlier
(
B
) 6. A. helped B. showed C. asked D. told
(
B
) 7. A. note B. menu C. list D. paper
(
B
) 8. A. interesting B. polite C. creative D. wonderful
(
A
) 9. A. rest B. name C. price D. choice
(
C
)10. A. tastes B. buys C. shares D. cooks
(
A
)11. A. everybody B. somebody C. nobody D. anybody
(
A
)12. A. hungry B. poor C. full D. healthy
(
D
)13. A. spent B. cost C. took D. paid
(
A
)14. A. surprised B. happy C. worried D. sad
(
B
)15. A. table B. service C. weather D. story
